Basics of Aerothermodynamics

• Main Author: Hirschel, E. H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computational intelligence.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Continuum mechanics.; Fluid mechanics.; Automotive engineering.; Automotive Engineering.; Computational Intelligence.; Engineering, general.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.

This book gives an introduction to the basics of aerothermodynamics, as applied in particular to winged re-entry vehicles and airbreathing cruise and acceleration vehicles. Beginning with a broad vehicle classification and a discussion of the flight environment, Basics of Aero-thermodynamics focuses...

Table of Contents:

• The Flight Environment
• The Thermal State of the Surface
• Transport for Momentum, Energy and Mass
• Real-Gas Aerothermodynamic Phenomena
• Inviscid Aerothermodynamic Phenomena
• Attached High-Speed Viscous Flow
• Laminar-Turbulent Transition and Turbulence in High-Speed Viscous Flow
• Strong Interaction Phenomena
• Simulation Means
• The RHPM-Flyer
• Governing Equations for Flow in General Coordinates
• Constants, Functions, Dimensions and Conversions
• Symbols.